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"**Before I Die**"
"Before I Die"
Playhouse 90 episode
	Jay C. Flippen and Coleen Gray from "Before I Die"
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 20
Directed by	Arthur Hiller
Written by	Berne Giler
Cinematography by	Gert Andersen
Original air date	January 23, 1958
Guest appearances
	Richard Kiley as Dr. David Del Vecchio; Kim Hunter as Joyce McClure;
Episode chronology
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"Before I Die" was an American television film broadcast on January 23, 1958, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It aired as the 20th episode of the second season.

Plot

A surgeon becomes convinced of the innocence of a convicted murderer based on the convict mumbling while under anesthesia. He risks his reputation to save the convict from the electric chair.

Cast

The cast included performances by:

Richard Kiley as Dr. David Del Vecchio
Kim Hunter as Joyce McClure
Skip Homeier as George Weaver
Coleen Gray as Carol Dennison
Jay C. Flippen as Lester Carr
Joe De Santis as Dr. Max Bronstein
John Hoyt as Dr. Gordon Harper
Dayton Lummis as Dr. Engle
Fred Eisley as Anesthetist

Production

Arthur Hiller was the director and William Froug the producer. Berne Giler wrote the script based on a story by William Sackheim and Daniel B. Ullman.^[1] Gert Andersen was the director of photography and Richard Brockway the editor. The film was produced by Screen Gems for Playhouse 90.